Competition details | |
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Discipline | Vovinam |
Type | Technical and Fighting |
Organiser | World Vovinam VietVoDao Federation (WVVF) |
Divisions | |
Current weight divisions | Male 51-54 kg, 54-57 kg, 57-60 kg, 60-64 kg, and 64-68 kg. Female 51-54 kg, 51-54 kg, 54-57 kg, and 57-60 kg. |
History | |
First edition | 2002 in Paris, France |
Final edition | 2022 in Paris, France [1] |
Most wins | Vietnam (98 Gold medals) |
The Vovinam World Championships, also known as the World Vovinam VietVoDao Championships, are the highest level of competition for Vovinam organized by the World Vovinam Federation (WVVF). [2]
Edition | Year | Host City | Country | Events |
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1 | 2002 | Paris | France | 2 |
2 | 2006 | Algiers | Algeria | 2 |
3 | 2009 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 2 |
4 | 2010 | Sundern | Germany | 2 |
5 | 2011 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 2 |
6 | 2013 | Paris | France | 2 |
7 | 2014 | Paris | France | 2 |
8 | 2015 | Algiers | Algeria | 2 |
9 | 2017 | New Delhi | India | 2 |
10 | 2018 | Brussels | Belgium | 2 |
11 | 2019 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | [3] |
12 | 2022 | Paris | France | [4] |
12 | 2023 | Ho Chi Minh | Vietnam | [5] |
Source: [2]
The following reflects the all-time medal counts as of the 2017 World Vovinam Championships: [6]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Vietnam | 98 | 20 | 16 | 134 |
2 | France | 60 | 83 | 44 | 187 |
3 | Algeria | 51 | 59 | 29 | 139 |
4 | Belgium | 14 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
5 | Senegal | 12 | 21 | 10 | 43 |
6 | Iran | 11 | 1 | 27 | 39 |
7 | Italy | 8 | 43 | 9 | 60 |
8 | Russia | 7 | 5 | 26 | 38 |
9 | Cambodia | 6 | 19 | 14 | 39 |
10 | Romania | 5 | 15 | 3 | 23 |
11 | Burkina Faso | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
12 | Ukraine | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
13 | Laos | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
14 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
15 | Myanmar | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
16 | India | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 |
17 | Ivory Coast | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
18 | Morocco | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
19 | Spain | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
20 | Indonesia | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
21 | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
22 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
23 | Germany | 0 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
24 | Belarus | 0 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
25 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
26 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
27 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
28 | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
31 | Nepal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (31 entries) | 298 | 345 | 274 | 917 |
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